Colchicum Double Waterlily 1/pkg

Colchicum 'Double Waterlily'

Large, brightly colored lavender-pink double flowers appear on leafless stems in mid-autumn on this Colchicum 'Waterlily'. Also known as Autumn Crocus, works well with fall flowers and 'Waterlily' is a particularly beautiful double-flowered variety.

Plant in fall, but in Spring the only thing you get is foliage. Long after forgotten, the flowers burst open overnight in autumn, just when the garden floor needs some color.

Easy to grow, this bulb can be forced indoors by setting it on a bed of pebbles in a pan of shallow water, or plant it in the garden in autumn. Garden rodents and even deer will leave it alone - the bulb is poisonous and pests keep their distance.

These bright rosy-pink double blooms reach 4 to 5 inches wide, packed with long, slender petals.